Variant angina pectoris: a clinical and coronary arteriographic spectrum.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apparent treatment-resistant hypertension (aTRH) is associated with an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. We studied the frequency and intensity of care for aTRH among participants aged 65 years and older in the US-based REGARDS study linked with Medicare claims. METHODS:Blood pressure (BP) ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Vemulapalli S,Deng L,Patel MR,Kilgore ML,Jones WS,Curtis LH,Irvin MR,Svetkey LP,Shimbo D,Calhoun DA,Muntner P

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there is evidence linking smoking and heart failure (HF), the association between lifetime smoking exposure and HF in older adults and the strength of this association among current and past smokers is not well known. METHODS:We examined the association between smoking status, pack-years of exposur...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gopal DM,Kalogeropoulos AP,Georgiopoulou VV,Smith AL,Bauer DC,Newman AB,Kim L,Bibbins-Domingo K,Tindle H,Harris TB,Tang WW,Kritchevsky SB,Butler J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thallium-201 redistribution pattern after exercise was related to rest and exercise left ventricular regional and global function, measured by radionuclide ventriculography, in 61 patients, 50 with coronary artery disease (CAD). Sixteen patients had exclusively transient thallium defects, suggesting ischemia: in this ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kirshenbaum HD,Okada RD,Boucher CA,Kushner FG,Strauss HW,Pohost GM

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of its unique ability to demonstrate the metabolic consequences of myocardial ischemia, positron emission tomography (PET) is extremely valuable in assessing myocardial viability. PET imaging can identify the myocardial segments that are likely to improve after revascularization and may be more sensitive and s...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gupta NC,Esterbrooks D,Mohiuddin S,Hilleman D,Sunderland J,Shiue CY,Frick MP

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The CPORT-E trial showed the noninferiority of nonprimary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) at hospitals without cardiac surgery on-site (SoS) compared with hospitals with SoS for 6-week mortality and 9-month major adverse cardiac events (MACE). However, target vessel revascularization (TVR) was incre...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Czarny MJ,Miller JM,Naiman DQ,Hwang CW,Hasan RK,Lemmon CC,Aversano T

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurogenic component in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension has predominantly been analyzed with regard to the sympathetic part of the autonomous nervous system; the parasympathetic branch has largely been neglected. We investigated whether 54 normotensive (mean causal blood pressure [cBP]: 125 +/- 6/82 +/-...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Langewitz W,Rüddel H,Schächinger H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When AV conduction is normal, the absence of VA conduction is not abnormal. Analogous information about retrograde sinoatrial conduction is not available. Although the premature atrial stimulas (PAS) technique can demonstrate the presence of sinoatrial entrance block (SAEB), both its prevalence and its relationship to...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Reiffel JA,Gang E,Livelli F Jr,Gliklich J,Bigger JT Jr

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multidisciplinary disease management programs (MDMP) have demonstrated reduced hospitalizations in motivated pretransplant heart failure populations, but little is known about their effectiveness in largely indigent patients who are not transplant candidates. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied 35 patients with ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： O'Connell AM,Crawford MH,Abrams J

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The records of 64 patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) were reviewed. More than 100 items from the patient's history, physical examination, and laboratory tests were encoded. A two-tailed Gehan's test was used to evaluate the effect of each variable on patient survival. Variables significant at the 0.05 ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wynn J,Fineberg N,Matzer L,Cortada X,Armstrong W,Dillon JC,Kinney EL

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single center studies using serial cerebral diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in patients having cardiac catheterization have suggested that cerebral microembolism might be responsible for silent cerebral infarct (SCI) as high as 15% to 22%. We evaluated in a multicenter trial the incidence of SC...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hamon M,Lipiecki J,Carrié D,Burzotta F,Durel N,Coutance G,Boudou N,Colosimo C,Trani C,Dumonteil N,Morello R,Viader F,Claise B,Hamon M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year-old man with staphylococcal endocarditis of the mitral valve developed an infective aneurysm of the posterior left ventricular wall. Echocardiography revealed an echo-free space posterior to the posterior left ventricular wall. This echo-free space undoubtedly represented the aneurysmal sac, because it could...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Saksena FB,Kramer NE,Towne WD,Khan M,Gamble R,Cruz JB,Gill S

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation of alcohol consumption to coronary heart disease (CHD) was examined in a cohort of 1910 employed men aged 38 to 55 years enrolled in the Albany Study, a prospective investigation of factors related to cardiovascular disease. Two follow-up periods were examined, one between 1953-54 and 1971-72, the other a...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gordon T,Doyle JT

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of the study was to test the hypothesis that intracellular calcium modulation by 5-methyl-2-[piperazin-1-yl] benzene sulfonic acid monohydrate (MCC-135 [Caldaret]; Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation, Osaka, Japan) would preserve left ventricular function and reduce infarct size in patients undergoin...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Jang IK,Weissman NJ,Picard MH,Zile MR,Pettigrew V,Shen S,Tatsuno J,Hibberd MG,Tzivoni D,Wackers FJ,EVOLVE Investigators.

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effects of standard therapeutic interventions on the total ischemic burden, 86 patients with stable angina underwent 48 hours of ambulatory ST segment monitoring and treadmill exercise testing before and at a mean of 10 weeks after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) (group 1, N = 46) or percutaneous t...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mulcahy D,Keegan J,Phadke K,Wright C,Sparrow J,Purcell H,Fox K

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this investigation was to assess the acute and long-term outcome after coronary angioplasty in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis. Previous studies have suggested a high incidence of restenosis after coronary angioplasty performed in patients with renal failure. Medical discharge abstracts for 8...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ahmed WH,Shubrooks SJ,Gibson CM,Baim DS,Bittl JA

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under electrophysiologic studies, 44 asymptomatic chagasic individuals were studied. The mean age was 39.9 years, with 26 being male. The surface ECG showed normal tracings in 12 patients, left anterior fascicular block in three, incomplete right bundle branch block in two, and right bundle branch block in 27 (isolate...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Pimenta J,Miranda M,Pereira CB

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated resting heart rate (RHR) is known to be associated with reduced survival but inconsistencies remain, including lack of significance in most studies of healthy women, lack of independence from systolic blood pressure (SBP) in some, and the suggestion that RHR is merely functioning as a marker of phys...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cooney MT,Vartiainen E,Laatikainen T,Juolevi A,Dudina A,Graham IM

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty cases of paradoxical embolism are reviewed to consolidate clinical presentations and common predisposing factors. The presence of patent foramen ovale in the great majority of these patients in association with maneuvers that transiently elevate right atrial pressure is emphasized in relation to the pathophysio...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Loscalzo J

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have suggested that thrombolysis is used less often in blacks than in whites. However, whether the greater prevalence of contraindications or less specific electrocardiographic manifestations of myocardial infarction (MI) account for this difference is unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studie...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Manhapra A,Khaja F,Syed M,Rybicki BA,Wulbrecht N,Alam M,Sabbah H,Goldstein S,Borzak S

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal hydration strategy for prevention of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) remains unknown. The purpose of this meta-analysis is to compare the effectiveness of normal saline (NS) versus sodium bicarbonate hydration (NaHCO(3)) for prevention of contrast-induced AKI. METHODS:We performed a m...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hogan SE,L'Allier P,Chetcuti S,Grossman PM,Nallamothu BK,Duvernoy C,Bates E,Moscucci M,Gurm HS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetic properties and hemodynamic effect of molsidomine and its pharmacologically active metabolite SIN-1 were investigated in 13 healthy volunteers following single oral doses. Hemodynamic changes were measured by finger plethysmography (peripheral arterial resistance), impedance plethysmography (venous ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Meinertz T,Brandstätter A,Trenk D,Jähnchen E,Ostrowski J,Gärtner W

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The actions of the beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist, d,l-nadolol, were examined in anesthetized dogs subjected to circumflex coronary artery ligation in the presence of previous anterior myocardial infarction. With circumflex ligation, control dogs (N = 18) developed premature ventricular beats and ventricular tach...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Patterson E,Lucchesi BR

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are limited data regarding the clinical correlates and prognostic significance of echocardiographically defined mitral regurgitation (MR) early after acute myocardial infarction (MI). The current study addressed these issues. METHODS:Seven hundred thirty-seven patients with acute MI who underwent tran...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hillis GS,Møller JE,Pellikka PA,Bell MR,Casaclang-Verzosa GC,Oh JK

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cost-effectiveness analyses are routinely performed to determine whether the additional cost of a novel therapy is balanced by additional effectiveness. The definitions of costs and effects involve a variety of assumptions, both in general economic terms and with regard to the specific medical setting under considerat...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： van Hout BA,Bowman L,Zelinger DJ,Simoons ML

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination therapy with mexiletine (MEX) and quinidine (Q) may be more efficacious than monotherapy with either drug in suppressing ventricular arrhythmias, but its effects on ventricular performance are not known. Thus, right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and wall...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sheldon RS,Duff HJ,Mitchell LB,Wyse DG,Manyari DE

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of chronic ambulatory captopril (CPT) therapy was evaluated over an 18-month period in 36 patients with refractory chronic congestive heart failure (CHF) by cardiac catheterization, treadmill exercise, nuclear scintigraphy, echocardiography, and symptomatology. Clinical improvement to New York Heart Assoc...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Creager MA,Faxon DP,Halperin JL,Melidossian CD,McCabe CH,Schick EC,Ryan TJ

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections related to cardiac surgery increase morbidity and mortality, and increase cost and use of health resources. With the widespread use of synthetic materials, whether in prosthetic valves or vascular conduits, bacterial infection and, more rarely, fungal complications can be devastating, requiring prolonged an...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lowy FD,Waldhausen JA,Miller M,Sopko G,Rosenberg Y,Skarlatos SI,National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases working group on antimicrobial strategies and cardiothoracic surgery.

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) prevent restenosis and repeat percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but safety data in unselected patients are limited, especially for intermediate-term follow-up. METHODS:All patients undergoing SES implantation at 4 Italian centers were enrolled into a dedicated database...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sangiorgi G,Romagnoli E,Biondi-Zoccai G,Margheri M,Tamburino C,Barbagallo R,Falchetti E,Vittori G,Agostoni P,Cosgrave J,Colombo A,RECIPE (Real-world Eluting-stent Comparative Italian retrosPective Evaluation) Study Investigators.

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motion of the posterior aortic root on echocardiography is related to left atrial volume changes. Early diastolic posterior motion of the aortic root reflects both LA emptying and filling and has been measured as the atrial emptying index. To study late diastolic motion of the aortic root, we measured the slope of pos...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ambrose JA,Martinez EE,Meller J,Gorlin R,Pichard AD,Herman MV,Teichlolz LE

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial ischemia, electrolyte changes, and fluctuations in autonomic tone may play an important role in the presentation of malignant ventricular arrhythmias. beta-Adrenoceptor blocking agents have been shown to decrease the incidence of ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac death in patients with coronary ar...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Peuhkurinen KJ,Huikuri HV,Linnaluoto M,Takkunen JT

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00